#i just talk about my family and memes on here guys idk what they're expecting

[stardustanddaffodils]

aw no?? that truly sucks a lot i'm sorry :( apologies for assumptions and also sounding super salty but it rlly sounds like they're east asian there bc like. lmao. no other part of asia would be THAT confident abt people not being asian unless their history stretches back to the part of asia that has been deeply acknowledged as basically all asia is for like fucking forever. like what is this??!! tbh asian academic/strict parents jokes are a thing i am ok with with my friends who yk are going through a lot of the stereotypical shitty asian stuff and also who i've known for absolutely forever, like since diapers forever, but it's so weird to think that it's to the point that asian jokes are Internet Memes^tm and a bunch of kids r just talking abt issues they have with their families and with their lives and academics like they're haha funny and #relatable and idk. reduced to this very small view of what asia is? like it's COOL that there's a community for that but also 1. that sounds fucking miserable to just spend so much time complaining abt your shitty parents and 2. that example just feels like gatekeeping ethnicity my guy and it doesn't sound fun at all

yepp,,

like. i make (or used to make) asian parents jokes n like. i see the validity in that (tho ive been trying to do that less bc it does sometimes make ppl uncomfortable n. idk it feels like minimizing? idk how to explain it) but. nods. yes

and to your point. it is kind of sad maybe? just that. these are lives and experiences and yeah maybe they are influenced by culture but the fact that. parenting styles (however "good or bad" they might be) and cultural values & expectations (ie being smart? i guess that could fit here?) and also like experiences... like a lot of asian parents or grandparents want their kids or grandkids to be doctors or lawyers or scientists of some sort bc its well paying, respectable, & allowed them a stable life or could provide a stable life that they didnt have... like making jokes abt your experiences. okay ig! but the fact that all of these stereotypes came from something that. has reason and meaning is. yk? i dont know how well my thoughts are conveyed but goodness i guess the more you think about stereotypes the more its like. stop using them as a Haha Funny Stereotype moment pls? these are things With Meaning, and the fact that they're often true of a certain group of people comes from Somewhere

[simplyghosting]

So apparently I have a career readiness/social media project where I have to talk about all my social media accounts and what I post and I’m not sure my professor is going to believe me when I tell them that this is literally the only social media platform I have.